Riccardo Castelvecchio (pseud.) La Famiglia Ebrea. Dramma in quattro atti.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $550

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(MORTARA, EDGARDO).

printer

Sanvito

Place

Milan

Publication

1861

Description

First edition.

references

COSMOS PIC IS # 33247.

summary

Written by the Italian dramatist Count Giulio Pullè (1814–94). Based on the events of the Mortara affair, envisioned how the religious tensions of the scandal could be resolved through Italian Unification (Risorgimento). See M. Sherberg, Habeas corpus: American and Italian Responses to the Mortara Affair, in: Annali d'Italianistica

pp. 65.

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